Attributed to Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (Florence 1483-1561)

We are grateful to Dott. Carlo Falciani for suggesting the attribution on the basis of a photograph (written correspondence, 30 August 2016). Dott. Falciani notes the similarity between the present painting and the altarpiece in the Cenacolo di San Salvi, commissioned by Leonardo Buonafede in 1544. The San Salvi altarpiece is a collaboration between Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, who painted the lower figures and the saint on the right, and Michele Tosini, called Michele de Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, who was responsible for the figures of the Madonna and Child and Saint James.